WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 904; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2005 which is 891. The average score for Château Bahans-Haut-Brion is 890, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Bahans-Haut-Brion they use words like Fruit, Black, Sweet, Tobacco, Excellent, Currant, Ripe, Round, Earth, Depth, Tannin, Purity, Bouquet, Cherry, Smoky. The 2005 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2005 but no other wine from Château Bahans-Haut-Brion: Sea, Jasmine, Flavourful, Big, Solid, Cedar, Blackberry, Silky, Glycerin, Accessible. The wine has been ready to drink for 3 years (since 2013) and should be consumed within the next 9 years (by 2025). It normally takes wines from Château Bahans-Haut-Brion around 5 years to be ready to start drinking, and 9 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Palmer 2012, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Les Forts de Latour 2008; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Léoville-Poyferré 2006, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009, Château Pontet-Canet 2007.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers average value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score.
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Prices & Deals for Château Bahans-Haut-Brion 2005
Date |
Currency |
Price |
2016-01-05 |
gbp |
58 |